Buckle



(No Model.)

` W. B. DRAPR.r

. BUCKLE. No. 504,867. Patented Sept.. 12, 1893.

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WILLIAM B. DRAPER, OF CAMBRIDGE, ASSIGOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM N. TODD, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,867, dated September 12, 1893.

Application iiled March 18, 1893.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. DRAPIIR, of Cambridge, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts,haveinvented an Improvement in Buckles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve and simplify the construction of buckles, and my invention consists in certain details of construction to be hereinafter pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure l, shows a front view of a buckle embodying this invention, a short piece of webbing'being in engagement therewith; Fig. 2, a rear side view of the buckle with the webbing removed; Fig. 3, an edge View of the buckle shown in Fig. 2, with the upper part turned to one side as it will be when the webbing is disengaged; Fig. 4, an edge View of the buckle and webbing shown in Fig. l.

The buckle comprises essentially an upper and a lower part. The upper part is herein shown as made of wire, bent to present a horizontal cross b'ar a, and a cross bar b, in parallelism therewith, and a central finger piece c'rising from the cross bar b. The bars a, b, are located close together, the space between being sufficient to permitfree passage of the webbing d, and the finger piece is bent at an angle of say forty iive degrees, with relation to the cross bar b, so that when said nger piece is in its vertical position, the bars a, l), will occupy a position at an angle of about forty-five degrees with relation thereto, as

best shown in Fig. 4. The lower part consists of a flat plate f having means at the lower end to which the suspender ends may be attached, two slots 2, 3, being herein rep resented for said suspender ends. The upper end of the plate f is formed to loosely embrace the cross bar a, so that said upper and lower parts may be thus loosely connected together.

Serial No. 466,648. (No model.)

The upper end of the plate f, has formed upon the space between the cross bars d and b, over l said teeth or projections as represented by dotted lines Fig. 3, so that the linger piece c, will be upon one side of the web and the plate f upon the other, and then by turning the finger piece up into its vertical position, the cross bar b will pass over the teeth or projections, pressing the web into engagement therewith, and there hold it as represented. in Fig. 4. To release the web the finger piece will be turned again into or toward its horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3.

. The buckle thus described is simple, easily operated, thin, presents a smooth exterior,

and may be cheaply manufactured, and presents on the face but a single wire.

Y I claim- A buckle, the upper part consisting of the parallel cross bars o., b, with a narrow space between them adapted to receive the web and a finger piece c, rigidly attached to said upper part arranged in a plane of substantially forty ve degrees, with relation to the said bars, and the lower part consisting of the plate f, the upper end of which loosely embraces the cross bar a, and has rearwardly projecting teeth 4, which co-operate with the cross bar b, to hold the material, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM B. DRAPER.

Witnesses:

BERNICE J. NoYEs, CHARLES B. CRooKER. 

